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OneRoury! It's May 1906 at the Roberts and Pope hair salon in St. Louis, Missouri.

28-year-old Annie Pope washes her hands in a basin.

Four years ago, Annie transformed a small room at the front of this townhouse into a salon,

and now she and her sister, Laura Roberts, treat women here with their homemade shampoos and

conditioners.

Annie dries her hands on a towel before crossing the room.

This morning's client is already sitting in the chair, her hair hanging loose over her shoulders.

Annie takes a handful of thick, gooey liquid from a bowl,

begins massaging it into the customer's scalp.

Now this is my wonderful hair grower. I came up with the formula myself.

It'll ease that itching on your scalp and help the skin to heal.

Annie works in silence for a few moments until the piece of the salon is interrupted by the door slamming open.

Annie's sister and business partner, Laura, storms in, brandishing a newspaper.

She stabbed us in the back.

I'm with a client, Laura.

I knew there was something off with her.

Well, whatever this is about, we can discuss it later. No, you need to see this right now.

Annie sighs and turns to her client. I'm sorry about this, Mrs. Barton. My sister is clearly in the middle of some sort of terrible emergency. Would you mind?

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